Five fingers "is" not equal. Here, We are using the "fingers" as a collecetive noun.
Is it correct usage?
Thank you.
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Five fingers "is" not equal. Here, We are using the "fingers" as a collecetive noun.
Is it correct usage?
Thank you.
I don't understand this.Quote:
Originally Posted by edmondjanet
Do you mean even? "Equal" means having the same value or identical. "Even" means divisible by two. Do you mean that five is not divisible by two?
Sir, I mean about the verb "is"Quote:
Originally Posted by fivejedjon
Five fingers "is" not equal though it belongs to one hand.
Here We are using "is" instead of "are", I think "are" is correct,and one more,Butter and milk "is" essential. here we are using such type of usages.
I can't understand on what basis it is using.
Thank you.
Butter and milk are essential. Plural subjects take plural verbs.
Five dollars is/are not a lot of money?